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Thu. 10/15/15 7:07pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
In 'Botany of Desire' by Michael Pollan is an exposition of how in Israel (where the law allows) researchers have found that compounds in marijuana are like our natural endogenous chemicals in our brains that help us 'naturally' forget. Some lack those chemicals & cannot forget a single ugly face on the subway (for instance) - & PTSD might be seen as a kind of inability to forget... So I think of what the Jazz players knew long ago: being stoned is not good for learning a new thing by rote - but it is great for *forgetting yourself* & starting w/ a clean slate - getting out of your own way - for creativity. Extrapolated to the stronger psychedelics to Mystical or Transcendental experiences - perhaps that state as well is all about an extraordinary Forgetting of ego...